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Recent Poll On Americans Take On Abortion

Posted in Family Health on 07/13/2009 04:47 am by Judy

REPORT FROM NEWSMAX.COM

Poll: 86 Percent of U.S. Wants Abortion Restrictions

Friday, July 10, 2009 1:45 PM

The American people continue to move to the pro-life perspective on abortion according to the latest Moral Compass survey by the Knights of Columbus and Marist Poll.

The poll mirrored findings of other recent surveys, showing that more Americans identify as pro-life than as pro-choice, and that the vast majority of Americans favor restricting abortion.

Among the key findings:

86% of Americans would significantly restrict abortion.
60% of Americans would limit abortion to cases of rape, incest or to save the life of a mother – or would not allow it at all.
53% of Americans believe abortion does more harm than good to a woman in the long term.
79% of Americans support conscience exemptions on abortion for health care workers. This includes 64% of those who identify as strongly pro-choice.
69% of Americans think that it is appropriate for religious leaders to speak out on abortion.
59% say religious leaders have a key role to play in the abortion debate.
80% of Americans believe that laws can protect both the health of the woman and the life of the unborn. This includes 68% of those who identified as strongly pro-choice.
Additionally, the data showed that since October nearly every demographic sub-group had moved toward the pro-life position except for non-practicing Catholics and men under 45 years of age.

Independents and liberals showed the greatest shift to the pro-life position since October, while Democrats were slightly less likely to be pro-life now than they were in October.

So, does this mean that the American people are finally placing more value on human life? It appears to be that they are seeing the problem with abortion and the toll it has on women who have them.

It seems that most Americans are unhappy with the unrestricted access to abortion availlable today (that is the legacy of Roe vs. Wade).  Does this also mean that our elected leaders should take note of the facts reported in this poll? Should they agree that abortion needs to be carefully considered before it is used for birth control or career advantages?  Abortion verses adoption is hardly a consideration anymore.  The proof is found in the small amount of babies available for adoption inside of America today.

NewsMax continues, “The American people have reached a basic consensus, and that consensus is at odds with the unrestricted access to abortion that is the legacy of Roe.”

The survey of 1,223 Americans was conducted May 28 – 31 and has a margin of error of +/-3%.

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Do we offer up our unborn children as a sacrafice to the god of lust and pleasure, to the god of career opportunities, and to the god of vanity and selfishness?  It is something to consider in this day and age, don’t you think?  Are we not like the people in bible times who sacraficed their young as appeasement to the gods?

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